jadex.micro

Interface IMicroAgent

All Known Subinterfaces:

IPojoMicroAgent

All Known Implementing Classes:

KernelComponentAgent, KernelMicroAgent, KernelMultiAgent, MicroAgent, PojoMicroAgent

public interface IMicroAgent

This is a base interface for a minimal kernel agent. All methods are called on agent thread (i.e. not concurrently)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IFuture	agentCreated() Called once after agent creation.
IFuture	agentKilled() Called just before the agent is removed from the platform.
void	executeBody() Called once after agent has been started.
void	messageArrived(Map msg, MessageType mt) Called, whenever a message is received.

Method Detail

agentCreated

IFuture agentCreated()

Called once after agent creation. Creation is considered done when the returned future is finished.

executeBody

void executeBody()

Called once after agent has been started.

messageArrived

void messageArrived(Map msg,
                  MessageType mt)

Called, whenever a message is received.

Parameters:

msg - The message map.

mt - The message type.

agentKilled

IFuture agentKilled()

Called just before the agent is removed from the platform. Deletion is considered done when the returned future is finished.